Friday, January 13, 2017

It's Your Lucky Day!

In all of our years of fostering, we've had the extreme pleasure of hosting 16 all-black cats and today we're going to celebrate them. Each was so special and though many think they all look alike, when you examine them closely you can see they are quite different. One thing they all shared in common besides coat color: shiny personalities.

What timing . . . I just returned my first foster kittens to the Humane Society this week and one was a little black kitten who stole my heart. I'm proud of myself that I wasn't a foster failure my first go round, but man it was harder than I thought giving them back. These sweet faces remind me of that sweet little man and make me tear up a bit. There sure is something special about black kitties. Hard to believe you've only had 16 in all of your litters!

It IS surprising. Here in Austin, Texas, a rather large percentage of the rescued kittens at Austin Humane Society are black. I've always been curious about the distribution of different colorations within cat populations; it appears you have a lot more all-white kittens and long-haired kittens and fewer all-black kittens. They're ALL beautiful!

Such adorable little fluffers!! Eagerly awaiting your next batch of kittens now that I've found your blog.I'm not a foster failure - just a 'hood failure. LOL. They show up in my yard and I can't leave them out in the cold. Today is Feline Friday at my blog: https://sarahdidit.blogspot.com/2017/01/feline-friday-11317.html

I love this post! I highly recommend the novelty book "All Black Cats Are Not Alike" by Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle. I got it for my birthday and the paintings and little stories about 50 ABCs (as they are called in the book) are delightful. I am the proud servant of two ABCs myself and look forward to coming home to their weird, alien, loving personalities every day.

So far, I have been chosen as servant by an orange tabby, a solid gray, a tuxie, a gray tabby, and a tortie. Maybe one day a black cat will decide to adopt me. I'd relish the black kitty hairs added to all my outfits!

Love it!! For posts like this, I always try to avoid looking at the name to see if I can guess the kitten first... and some (much?) of the time, I can! Or at the very least when I see the name, I say "Oh, of course that's who it is!" :) Each and every one - so special.

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YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!

WE LOVE YOU IBKC COMMUNITY!

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Thank you so much for caring so much and giving to support the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County. Because of your huge hearts, we're making the difference in the lives of so many cat and kittens. Well done, Community. Well done!

We're always on the hunt for good people in the Seattle or Tacoma area to adopt our fosters kittens. If you are thinking about adding a kitten or two to your life, drop us a line and tell us a little bit about yourself. Click here to email the IBKC !